Blog Posts - Property Taxes

Common sense and being forward thinking are two skills true dyed in the wool Mainers possess in great supply. Small Maine towns survive if resistance to change is removed, if creative brainstorming is done. To figure out what do we do now? Way way be...

“Chicago readers take note: The ‘thin blue line’ that exists in the Windy City will likely remain that way for the foreseeable future. Carry on accordingly.” –Survival And Prosperity, October 3, 2011 With the help of the popular Chicago...

It’s been a while since I last blogged about the Illinois Policy Institute, a Chicago-based non-partisan research organization “generating public policy solutions aimed at promoting personal freedom and prosperity in Illinois.” Yet earlier this...

After blogging back on June 21 about the next round of property tax bills due to hit Cook County, Illinois, residents’ mailboxes in the coming days, I told my girlfriend to pay attention to the local mainstream news outlets as there would be no sho...

From the Cook County, Illinois, website (under “News) last Thursday: Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today released the preliminary forecast for the County’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget, signaling that difficult financial choices are on...

7.6.16Having received flak over increased property tax rates in its area from residents and traders alike, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) now wants to roll back the implementation of the recommendations of the third Municipal Valuation C...

The clue to how these programs work when purchasing qualifying energy efficient improvements is in the name:  Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE).  These particular programs are NOT loans or leases, they are County-approved financing prog...

Conversation starters are usually caused by comparing notes eating at local Maine diners. Elbow to elbow with the pass the black pepper please courtesy exchange. Not just creating. sharing idle chatter filling the time about the Maine weather either.

Chicagoland Moody’s Predicts Chicago’s Unfunded Pension Liabilities Could Grow For At Least Another Decade Regrettably, the City of Chicago’s pension crisis is far from being resolved. From a press release out of Moody’s Global Credit Researc...

The City of Alexandria, Virginia wants to remind property owners that second half 2015 real estate tax and refuse fee payments are due Monday, November 16.

Really not surprised to read of the following. Jon Herskovitz reported on Reuters.com Sunday: Within eight to 10 years, Houston is forecast by demographers in the two states to pass Chicago, which has seen its population decline for years, as the thi...

“And if Chicagoans think this major tax increase is some sort of one-off, well, I know of a certain bridge for sale out east.” –Survival And Prosperity, September 3, 2015 Chicago readers of this blog have been warned the last couple of year...

Chicago readers of Survival And Prosperity were warned that the City of Chicago’s poor financial health would result in a sustained hunt for much more revenue (new and higher fees/fines/taxes) for the foreseeable future. The warnings were constant,...

There are so many new and increased fees, fines, and taxes being proposed and implemented around the Chicagoland area these days, it’s hard to keep track of all of them. But here’s one Chicago tax hike that’s just been approved that’s making...

I know I’ve been blogging a lot about Chicago/Cook County/Illinois lately. Which should come as no surprise to regular Survival And Prosperity readers considering I’ve talked about how I was born on the West Side, was raised around that area, and...

Chicagoans- think all the recent talk of new/higher fees, fines, and taxes is garbage? You’re right, in a way. I just finished reading some material from Chicago Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman over on that paper’s website. Chicago tax...

Illinois companies are leaving the state for more business-friendly environments. A tale I come across on a regular basis these days, despite all the sustained propaganda to the contrary. Marissa Bailey reported on the CBS 2 (Chicago) website Monday...

“Property tax hikes.” Something Chicagoans better get used to hearing in the coming years. Hal Dardick, Heather Gillers, and Juan Perez, Jr., reported on the Chicago Tribune website last night: Chicago Public Schools unveiled a budget Monday mean...

For a couple of years now, regular readers of Survival And Prosperity have witnessed me blog about higher fees/fines/taxes and reduced government services as Chicago’s financial reckoning day draws closer. I fear the pace of all this is about to pi...

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